The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-04-09
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.

FBNcE boards and posts should be pre-
served when not in use by beng neatly
slowed away under cover.
MAKE bonfire of pieces of wood,
brush, etc, that are unfit for fuel, and
give the charcoal to the swine and tho
ashes to the fruit trees.
WHEN planting fruit trees piece of tar
paper wrapped around them near the base
will prevent to large extent the depreda-
tons of borers.
food will lose flesh rapidly when in full
flow of milk. The feeding of some grain is
recommended as a preventive.
VEGETABLE matter left about the yard
will poison the air and affect the family
health. When the wife cleans the house,
the husband should clean the farm.
SUGAR beets fed to cows have ten.
dency to give the butter strong flavor.
Glover, corn, oats and corn stalks produce
good milk at a very slight increase in cost.
ONE argument in favor of shallow plow'
ing for corn is that corn growing in deeply
plowed ground is mora liable to be blown
down, as the loosened soil affords no solid
footing.
CATTLE that are afflicted with lice may be
treated in the following manner: Rub
in a ring around the neck a composition OF
one pound of snuff in one gallon of badly.
smelling fish oil.
FARMERS should permit Of the decompo.
sition of fertilizers so as to get them in
shape to be easily handled and distributed
and 80 as to make them Immediately avail.
able as plant food.
MARL is considered an important factor
in good cultivation. Grass for permanent
pasture is benefited by it's use. Sandy, I'M
productive soil has been made productive
through it's agency.
The drainage of the barn-yard should
have the attention of all careful farmers.
The liquids accommodating from such drain
age are Of great value in fastening the de-
composition of fertilizers.
To CURB kicking COW fasten stout cord
to each hind pastern and run it through
the gatherings and back convenient to
hand. When the COW attempts to kick,
pull her hoof to her jaw, thus upsetting
her. Repeat the operation upon her as
often as she attempts to kick and she will
soon be broken OF the bad habit.
The farmer should bear hand with his
wife or children in the matter Of egg pro-
duction by assisting in the arrangement OF
comfortable and convenient poultry houses.
He may offer encouragement by praising
the good things spread upon the table be-
fore him which are due to the agency OF
the hen house.
A GREAT number of apiaries as we'll as
fruit houses are being constructed with q
sub-air duct system This is accomplished
by means of a sewer pipe laid eight feet
below the surface and extending any de-
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side surface, the other within the building.
A chimney is arranged as an exhaust
A RELIABLE stock paper suggests as an
spoonful of liquid carbolic acid in two gal
Ions of soft water. This should be used en-
tirely in the mixing of food, and no other
drink should be given. Should the case be
a severe one the animal may be drenched
with pint of the liquid One pound OF
fenugreek Greek hay) may be admins
tered to advantage.
A SCIENTIFIC paper gives the following
as an excellent lubricant: One hundred
parts mineral oil, twenty-five parts castor
oil, seventy parts sulphuric acid; mix well
and work with two or three volumes OF
water. Allow the whole to stand until it
acquires watery layer which should be
drawn off, After several days, neutralize
with soda or potash. "Bakusin'' is the
name given this lubricant.
For "grease heels'' in horses the Rural
World prescribes the following: Pure
nitrate potash four ounces, and digitalis four
ounces mixed. One tablespoonful of this
powder stirred into the feed three times a
day and frequent bran mashes should be
given. For application, chloride of zinc
two ounces, sulphate of copper one ounce
and rainwater thirty-two ounces; wash
three times daY and keep the hoofs clean.